About The Miller Lab
The Miller Lab is part of The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lab Director: Earl K. Miller, Ph.D.
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Our Research
We study the executive brain functions that focus attention and organize thought and action. Our approach combines experimental, theoretical, and computational methods.
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Recent Publications
Barrett, L.F and Miller, E.K. (2026) Categorization is baked into the brain. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-026-01036-2.
Eisen, A. J., Bardon, A. G., Ballesteros, J. J., Bastos, A. M., Donoghue, J. A., Mahnke, M. K., Brincat, S. L., Roy, J., Ishizawa, Y., Brown, E. N., Fiete, I., & Miller, E. K. (2026) Similar destabilization of neural dynamics under different general anesthetics, Cell Reports, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117048.
Han, H.B., Brincat, S.L., Buschman, T.J. and Miller, E.K. (2026) Working memory readout varies with frontal theta rhythms. Neuron, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2025.09.031.
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